新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课12

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课文12  荒岛生活
' b0 t5 U5 J. I+ t191. Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.
% X: T& |! \& m# j        我们许多人对于荒岛生活有一种不切实际的想法。
192. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.
. i" P4 v3 {& p        我们有时想象荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
* H  L3 X) g* o. q6 t8 w  V193. Life there is simple and good.
2 y8 I- h9 u$ C& A1 t6 e        在那里，生活简单又美好。
% Y! `5 ], G$ J* E194. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.
. {2 J; t8 }8 h' d' L# Q9 {2 o+ r        成熟的水果从树上掉下来，人们根本无需劳动。
195. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.
: U$ ^3 E* D" z' |* p        另一种想法恰恰相反，
* N8 V3 v4 f) \; {1 y2 g& e8 D' U196. Life on a desert island is wretched.
        认为荒岛生活很可怕，
197. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.
        要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。
198. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,
        也许，这两种都像都有可信之处。
' h! O9 ~( _- x6 y' v199. but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.
        但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
200. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
/ U* F1 i/ o0 e        最近有两个人在一座珊瑚岛上呆了5天，他们真希望在那儿再多呆一些日子。
201. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired.
        他们驾着一条严重损坏的小船从维尔京群岛阿密修理。
202. During the journey, their boat began to sink.
1 V- ~1 j! _! P; Y        途中，船开始下沉，
203. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer
        他们迅速把食物、火柴、罐装啤酒往一只救生筏上装。
' M! v3 U, H! w- t4 F0 P204. and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
        然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。
205. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem.
        岛上几乎没有一颗树，也没有淡水，但这不算什么问题。
5 r2 L, f% ]; ]  p- l206. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy.
; x% q+ e" ]: D        他们用像皮艇蓄积雨水。
207. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.
: g- i" A! g' G9 i8 x, ?) s& v( U        由于他们随身带了一支捕鱼枪，因此，吃饭不愁。
208. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'.
        他们天天捕捉龙虾和鱼，正如其中一位所说，吃得“像国王一样好”。
* Q+ t  W3 V/ G0 r209. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
        5天后，一条油轮从那儿路过，搭救了他们。这二位不得不离开那个荒岛时，还真的感

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